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PHOTOS COURTESY HAWAII FIRE DEPARTMENT

May 22, 2018
Updated on May 23, 2018 at 12:15 pm

COURTESY HAWAII FIRE DEPARTMENT

Significant levels of toxic sulfur dioxide gas — as high as 15,000 tons a day — are being produced along the lower East Rift Zone as magma underground nears the surface, U.S. Geological Survey officials said today.

COURTESY HAWAII FIRE DEPARTMENT

Significant levels of toxic sulfur dioxide gas — as high as 15,000 tons a day — are being produced along the lower East Rift Zone as magma underground nears the surface, U.S. Geological Survey officials said today.

COURTESY HAWAII FIRE DEPARTMENT

Significant levels of toxic sulfur dioxide gas — as high as 15,000 tons a day — are being produced along the lower East Rift Zone as magma underground nears the surface, U.S. Geological Survey officials said today.

COURTESY HAWAII FIRE DEPARTMENT

Significant levels of toxic sulfur dioxide gas — as high as 15,000 tons a day — are being produced along the lower East Rift Zone as magma underground nears the surface, U.S. Geological Survey officials said today.

COURTESY HAWAII FIRE DEPARTMENT

Significant levels of toxic sulfur dioxide gas — as high as 15,000 tons a day — are being produced along the lower East Rift Zone as magma underground nears the surface, U.S. Geological Survey officials said today.

COURTESY HAWAII FIRE DEPARTMENT

Significant levels of toxic sulfur dioxide gas — as high as 15,000 tons a day — are being produced along the lower East Rift Zone as magma underground nears the surface, U.S. Geological Survey officials said today.

COURTESY HAWAII FIRE DEPARTMENT

Significant levels of toxic sulfur dioxide gas — as high as 15,000 tons a day — are being produced along the lower East Rift Zone as magma underground nears the surface, U.S. Geological Survey officials said today.